Sivagami Arokiam · Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja ·Institutions and Economies ·2019 ·JEL: J00; I30; J50; J81; J68
Given the path-dependent nature of development, it is instructive that one tracks the historical pathways and the multiple moments in time to explain the past events that resulted in the present socioeconomic state of the Indian plantation...
Dhakir Abbas Ali · Fuadah Johari · Mohammad Haji Alias ·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2019
The quality of trade data is essential for any empirical study that uses them to construct a variable representing trade. However, previous studies have largely ignored the issue of trade data discrepancy. This discrepancy occurs when a cou...
Loo Sze Ying · Mukaramah Harun ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2019
This paper estimated the reactions of frms and households to the change of government expenditure from fuel subsidies to two alternative fscal regimes, including the expansion of government expenditure on agricultural investment and direct...
Hasnan Baber ·Malaysian Journal of Consumer and Family Economics ·2019
The study is aimed to investigate the gap between the level of service quality expectations and perception and its impact on customer satisfaction in Islamic banks of Malaysia. Shariah Compliance dimension was included in the SERVQUAL model...
Siew Yee Lau · Ai Lian Tan · Chung Yee Liew ·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2019
This paper intends to examine the existence of asymmetric effect of public debt on private investment in Malaysia. As Malaysia's public debt has been rising in recent years the question has been raised on whether the persistently high debt...
Chin Chun How · Wong Hock Tsen ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2019
This study investigated the presence of abnormal returns surrounding stock split announcements and the determinants of cumulative abnormal return and the split factor. This study utilized the fnancial data of 45 corporations that had exerci...
Mohd Adib Ismail · Sharlily Shahira Mat Nasir ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2019
Financial resources are an important factor in investment decisions. Access to fnancial resources is a key determinant to increase productivity and consequently generate frm growth. This paper aims to investigate the impact of fnancial cons...
Malik Cahyadin · Tamat Sarmidi ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2019
The study aims to estimate the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), labour, and external debt on economic growth in Indonesia and Malaysia over the period 1980-2016. The fndings are expected to serve as a reference for macroeconomic p...
Siti Marsila Mhd Ruslan · Gairuzazmi M. Ghani · Haniza Khalid ·Institutions and Economies ·2019 ·JEL: R49; L91; L98
The Malaysian government introduced a cabotage policy in 1980 to protect and enhance the competitiveness of the Malaysian shipping industry. The policy requires all foreign vessels to unload at Port Klang, the designated national port, afte...
Said Zamin Shah · Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah · Rusmawati Said · Rafiqa Murdipi ·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2019
This study examines the effects of global economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on Malaysia's macroeconomic indicators. Three substantive findings emerged from our inquiry based on a multivariate generalized autoregressive conditional heterosce...
Nur Syazwani Mazlan · Farah Yushanis Fadzilah · Saifuzzaman Ibrahim ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2019
This paper examines the impact of globalisation on the level of human development in Malaysia. It also investigates the roles of other potential determinants of human development such as foreign direct investment (FDI), trade openness and i...
Siti Marsila Mhd Ruslan · Kasypi Mokhtar ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2020
This study examines the price differences between Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah from 2004 using quantitative and qualitative methods. For quantitative research, we employ disaggregate monthly consumer price indices for nine types of goods a...
Zhi-Cheng Voon · Chee-Wooi Hooy · Chin-Hong Puah ·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2020 ·JEL: C43, E64, R21, R31
Malaysia’s property market has been going through a difficult phase as the supply of property stocks are excessive with the demand unable to catch up, and hence, many unsold units remaining on the market. The primary aim of this paper is to...
Ai-Xin Lee · Chee-Wooi Hooy ·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2020 ·JEL: G21, G28, G32
This paper examines the relationship between state ownership and banks’ risk-taking in nine Asian emerging markets for the period 2009 to 2017. The finding shows that state-owned banks are associated with higher risk-taking in terms of cred...
Parisa Mohammadi · Suzilawati Kamarudin · Rosmini Omar ·International Journal of Economics and Management ·2020 ·JEL: M130, M210
Social entrepreneurship is considered a powerful means that provides sustainable solutions to existing problems, especially in developing societies. Since intention significantly affects the individuals’ involvement in social entrepreneursh...